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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 11

Gratulerer Anna!

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really honored to be awarded the King’s Gold Medal for my dissertation!

You can read more about it below, and then I want to add that I was incredibly lucky with my workplace, colleagues, co-authors and supervisors during my PhD<3 feeling grateful!!

Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres - Department of Political Science

– It is a great honour to receive recognition for a doctoral dissertation on gender equality at a time when the American president is actively working against research in this field, says Anna Nordnes...

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 4

Jeg har en kronikk i @aftenposten.no i dag om at Kina ikke er supermakten du tror den er. Tidligere har jeg skrevet mye om at Kina ikke matcher USA militært. Ny forskning viser at USA også er økonomisk overlegen. Les mer her: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Kinas vekst er betydelig overdrevet.

Kina fremstilles som en supermakt på linje med USA. Denne ideen faller sammen så fort du ser på tallene som faktisk betyr noe.

www.aftenposten.no

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 3

Kronikken er delvis basert på en nyutgitt forskningsartikkel som viser hvordan høystatusland kan bruke anerkjennelse som er redskap for å få stater til å gjøre ting de vanligvis kanskje ikke ville gjort. Les mer her: bsky.app/profile/palr...

Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · May 6

Very happy to see my piece "The power of recognition: rethinking the instrumentality of status in world politics" being published in @iajournal.bsky.social

Read the full OA-article here: academic.oup.com/ia/article/d...

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 3

Uten prestisje er det bare makt som står igjen. Det kan koste USA dyrere enn de tror. Les kronikken 👉https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/2025/06/02/hvem-vil-blo-for-usa/

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Jun 3

📄 Jeg har en kronikk ute i @dagsavisen.bsky.social i dag. På papir og på nett. USA har blitt en kødd. Men det er ikke bare vi allierte som taper på det. USA risikerer å miste ett viktig utenrikspolitisk verktøy: prestisje

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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · Jun 2

I dag har jeg en lang kronikk på trykk i Aftenposten, som er basert på mitt introduksjonsessay for den nyeste utgaven av Tidsskriftet Internasjonal Politikk. Jeg skriver om at USA nå er inne i en brytningstid, og at vi kan vinke den forrige æraen - www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Den gamle verden er tapt. Nå må vi forberede oss på å bekjempe monstre.

Les kronikken.

www.aftenposten.no

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · May 9

I dagens @aftenposten.no skriver jeg og @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social om hvorfor Slovakia has blitt EUs hodepine. Statsminister Fico reiser til Moskva og lar seg bruke i russisk propaganda. Det setter både EUs troverdighet og enigheten om Ukraina-støtte på spill
www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Kronikk: «Slovakia er nå det svakeste leddet i EUs utenrikspolitikk»

Glem Ungarn, skriver kronikkforfatterne.

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Miroslav Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social · May 8

Slovak PM Fico is about to land in Moscow to stand by Putin, legitimizing Russia’s narrative and defying EU foreign policy. As @palroren.bsky.social and I argue, Fico’s domestic pressure is now a warning sign for EU unity.

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Kronikk: «Slovakia er nå det svakeste leddet i EUs utenrikspolitikk»

Glem Ungarn, skriver kronikkforfatterne.

www.aftenposten.no

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks!

Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · May 6

Very happy to see my piece "The power of recognition: rethinking the instrumentality of status in world politics" being published in @iajournal.bsky.social

Read the full OA-article here: academic.oup.com/ia/article/d...

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International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social · May 6

Our May issue is OUT NOW!

➡️ Special section on boundary work & the (un)making of global cooperation
🏳️‍🌈 7 articles on LGBTQ+ rights, the conversative global order and more
📊 3 policy papers on peace in Yemen, the WTO in crisis and more
📚25 book reviews

Read now: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/3

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

The article develops this argument theoretically and through two cases: focusing on the Nordics' wars of visibility and Russia’s frustrated quest for recognition from the US. It shows both the power and limits of recognition in world politics (6/6)

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

I propose a "Gestalt switch" for how we think about status: Recognition is not just a reward for effort; it is the mechanism that turns status into real political influence. High-status states wield recognition like any other power resource (5/6)

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

Denmark and Norway joined US-led wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Why? Not to win wars. Not to gain resources. Not to become more secure. Instead, it was to earn recognition from Washington (4/6)

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

I argue that recognition is not just a means to achieve status; it is in itself a form of power. The desire for recognition means that high-status states can influence what lower-status states want, how they act, and who they align with (3/6)

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

In IR, we often assume that social status has instrumental value in the form of voluntary deference (to a higher-status actor's wishes). But to date, that hasn't been demonstrated
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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

New article out in @iajournal.bsky.social: "The Power of Recognition: Rethinking the Instrumentality of Status in World Politics" Link: academic.oup.com/ia/article/d... (1/6)

The power of recognition: rethinking the instrumentality of status in world politics

Challenging the conventional view that status translates to power through voluntary deference, this article presents a new framework for the relationship b

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 28

Denmark and Norway killed for status. Status and recognition, not security or wealth, drove them to war.
New article out — full thread below🧵

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Apr 24

This looks great - looking forward to reading!

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Paul David Hagen Beamont and Pål Kriachko Røren @palroren.bsky.social (ISV)
🔎 Status symbols in world politics.
📗 Open access in Cooperation and Conflict
doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our data paper on the Regime Support and Opposition Groups data was just published in @bjpols.bsky.social !

Co-authored with @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social and @torewig.bsky.social

Here comes a relatively long thread (as is appropriate for a long-term project)

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Mar 4

"In Britain and across Europe I fear free speech is in retreat"

-JD Vance

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Bill Wohlforth @wwohlforth.bsky.social · Mar 3

Life, and research on status in IR, goes on. So, you IR scholars who study role of status, check this out!

Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 New Special Issue! 🚨
1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
📖 Read the full issue (open access!)
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/caca/60/1

Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1, Mar 01, 2025

Table of contents for Cooperation and Conflict, 60, 1, Mar 01, 2025

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Pål Røren @palroren.bsky.social · Mar 3

25/ Putting this issue together has been an incredible journey. Huge thanks to all our contributors, the reviewers, to @europeanisa.bsky.social, and to @coco-journal.bsky.social for making it happen!

📖 Read the full issue (open access!):
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/caca/60/1
🚀 Hope you enjoy it!

Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1, Mar 01, 2025

Table of contents for Cooperation and Conflict, 60, 1, Mar 01, 2025

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